From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jul 21 15:49:16 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1409B664A for ; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:49:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from mail.cyberleo.net (paka.cyberleo.net [216.226.128.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF98684A38 for ; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:49:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:36f:28e0:e9bb:8f78:e936] (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:36f:28e0:e9bb:8f78:e936]) by mail.cyberleo.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4AF5694980; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:49:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: What does it mean to use ports? To: Polytropon , hw Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <87o91wqjl5.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20190715021053.2f82c84c.freebsd@edvax.de> <87blxwosmj.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20190716002710.6d7c7800.freebsd@edvax.de> From: CyberLeo Kitsana Message-ID: Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:49:07 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190716002710.6d7c7800.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: CF98684A38 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=cyberleo.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of cyberleo@cyberleo.net designates 216.226.128.180 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=cyberleo@cyberleo.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.97 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.67)[-0.670,0]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:216.226.128.180]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.987,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mail.cyberleo.net]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[cyberleo.net,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.49)[-0.489,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.01)[country: US(-0.05)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13706, ipnet:216.226.128.0/24, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:49:16 -0000 On 7/15/19 5:27 PM, Polytropon wrote: > no idea why they gave it a name that's hard to spell and to pronounce One of the english translations of the word poudriere is 'tinderbox', seemingly an allusion to the original ports testing infrastructure used by FreeBSD. Presumably the name is in French because the original creator, Baptiste Daroussin, was too. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Element9 Communications http://www.Element9.net Furry Peace! - http://www.fur.com/peace/